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Your Neighbor's Pool is the Cleanest

April 18, 2011
By feeney756 BRONZE, Warrington, Pennsylvania
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"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." -Mark Twain

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Peering through the rotting, stained wood
I see the land of milk and honey.

Neons, electric yellow,
plastics green and pink
lying a top a cool, clean blue.

I see Jesus running across in his swimming trunks.

A tall glass of water shimmies out of the sliding glass door
in a purple bikini.

She sprawls out on a long, woven
cabana chaise. Temptation.

I look away.
I settle. Our algae
saturated pool beckons.
I accept.

My shorts trap air and glub
under the thickness.

The author's comments:
This was supposed to be a spin off of a proverb- I chose "Your neighbor's apples are the sweetest"- and changed it to something a bit more humorous.
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